There was ample wine and beer, and the bourbon cider punch was exquisite. A barbershop quartet performed classics like "Sittin' on Top of the World" and other local musicians and singers graced the gathering with their art. Women drifted through the beautiful halls of the Filson wearing vintage cocktail dresses, their hair in elaborate curls and styles. Men stood, glasses in hand, twirling mustaches and stroking sideburns.

Perhaps most exciting were the hair contests, judged by the Derby City Whisker Club. The Derby City Whisker Club, whose mission, according to their facebook page, is " To promote beardliness and brotherhood amongst men and the whiskerfication of the masculine image into the popular conscious." Mustaches and beards were judged on size, shape color and density. The winners were: